Chu-Han Contention

Examples of Chu-Han Contention in the following topics:

• The Rise of the Han Dynasty

  • The first period, called the Western Han, lasted until 9 CE.
  • The Han and Chu states emerged as the most powerful, but the Han state was the victor of the Chu-Han Contention, a four-year civil war.
  • In many ways, the Han carried on policies that began in the Qin.
  • Nonetheless, the Han faced many challenges.
  • Compare the Han Dynasty with the earlier Qin Dynasty, and explain the Western Han period

• The Eastern Zhou Period

  • The period from 685-591 BCE was called The Five Hegemons, and featured, in order, the Hegemony of Qi, Song, Jin, Qin, and Chu.
  • By the end of 5th century BCE, the feudal system was consolidated into seven prominent and powerful states—Han, Wei, Zhao, Yue, Chu, Qi, and Qin—and China entered the Warring States period, when each state vied for complete control.
  • Qin has expanded southwest, Chu north and Zhao northwest.

• Luther and Protestantism

  • Martin Luther was born to Hans Luther and his wife Margarethe on 10 November 1483 in Eisleben, Saxony, then part of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Hans Luther was ambitious for himself and his family, and he was determined to see Martin, his eldest son, become a lawyer.
  • Historian Hans Hillerbrand writes that Luther had no intention of confronting the church, but saw his disputation as a scholarly objection to church practices, and the tone of the writing is accordingly "searching, rather than doctrinaire."
  • Johann Eck, speaking on behalf of the Empire as assistant of the Archbishop of Trier, presented Luther with copies of his writings laid out on a table and asked him if the books were his, and whether he stood by their contents.